Lee Pender

I have to admit that I’m excited about this. BC clobbered Miami University tonight to advance to the NCAA hockey tournament final. The Eagles, as they have quite often recently,…

With West Ham having taken a baby step toward avoiding relegation today and with the Bruins fighting for the privilege of losing in the first round of the playoffs, I don’t have anywhere near…

The old Homestead Act is back, sort of—but nobody wants it. If you feel at all bad about your hometown or where you live, consider this: Towns in Kansas are trying to give away land…but…

So, I was all ready to write a post about how I got my hair cut on Saturday, and how I hadn’t had a serious haircut for at least a couple of years before this past weekend, and how I…

This isn’t exactly rare. BC has made the “Frozen Four”—the final four of the NCAA hockey tournament—nine times since the 1997-98 season. This season marks the ninth appearance, with the…

It was just perfect. I loved everything about it. The rain, the mud, the slow pace, the lack of scoring. Today’s France-England rugby match, better known (as it is every year) as “le


My lovely wife (second from left in the photo, of course) defended her dissertation at Boston College and earned her PhD today. This incredible achievement was nine years in the making,…

How is this supposed to work, exactly? I live in New England, and I’m a Boston sports fan. (Well, I’ve traded in my flimsy Red Sox affiliation for an attachment to the Kansas City Royals, but I’m a pretty solid Boston fan other than that.) Although my ultimate NFL loyalty will always lie with the Dallas Cowboys, I started cheering for the New England Patriots in 1993 and have supported them as my AFC favorite and second-favorite NFL team ever since.

So, I just finished watching a Saturday Night Live Weekend Update bit called “Really? with Seth and Jerry,” featuring SNL Update regular Seth Meyers and sitcom legend Jerry Seinfeld.

I can’t link…

I really do. But every time I check my site and see Oscar Gamble’s magnificent afro at the top of it, I just don’t want to see Oscar get bumped down toward the bottom of the page. Oscar makes me…